Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,839, Amos Fowler, Conn.

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Fowler, Amos
S 15839
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Connecticut 22,834
Amos Fowler of Warren in the State of Conn who was a Sergeant in the Conn by Captain Cooke of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Conn troops time for 9 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 45 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Nov 1833 and sent George Harr Warren Conn
Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33 $ 112. 50 Semi-ans. allowance ending 4th Mar '34 22. 50
$ 135 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by book 6
C Laurie
Clerk
Vol. 3 Page 14

Date of death not on AB

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield
On this fourth day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared before me the sub- scribed, Chief Judge of the County Court for said County, Amos Hovey Esquire a resident of Warren in said County, State aged 74 years the first day of August last, & being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the bene- fit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as here- in stated. to wit. That in the latter part of the Month of April 1775, & a few days after the battle of Lexing- ton, & as soon as news of that event reached the place of his then residence. to wit. the town of Durham in said State, in which the declarant was born, he turned out as a volun- teer & marched with many others to the neigh- berhood of Boston then occupied by the British Army, & there remained about two weeks under the immediate orders of Capt. Isaac Cook of Wallingford, in said State, into whose Com- pany the declarant enlisted at Roxbury near Boston, according to the best of his memory in the first part of the Month of May, for the period he thinks, of Seven Months. Not long after

Before the happening of the Battle of Bunker's Hill he left the vicinity of Boston, & joined the Company of the S d Capt. Cook at Horseshoe Neck in S d State of Connecticut, & thence soon marched to Harlem near New York, & thence went in a small detachment to Shelter Island near the Eastern end of Long Island where he remain- ed about five weeks, & since returned to Harlem from whence the Reg t proceeded by water to Al- bany, & thence the Reg t marched to Lake George afterwards to Skeneborough, & thence proceeded water to the vicinity of S t Johns. Then besieged by Genl. Montgomery; and was present at the surrender of the fort. for which after which S d Reg t marched to Montreal. This en- circuit stopping on account sickness at Lapererier, to which place the Reg t soon after returned where he again joined it & remain- ed in service with it until it was disband- ed near S t Johns about the first of the month of Dec r . according to the declarant's best recollection; having served out the full period of his enlistment. The Declarant served during the whole of this campaign both while a volunteer during S d period of enlistment as a Sergeant, under S d Capt. Cook the Lieutenants of S d Capt. were L t Shepard, & the other Sergeants were Chamberlain, Mans-

Col Worcester Rec. Com Book 1st. Shaler. The Reg t was commanded by Col. (afterwards Gen l .) Waterbury - Soon after the return of the declarant from Lake Champlain tour. sometime in the Month of Feb y 1776 he again enlisted at Quebeck aforesaid, into a company, com- manded by a Capt. Coult of the Gen l Militia for the period of two Months , & was marched to the vicinity of Boston, where he continued until the expi- ration of s d period of enlistment & was there dis- charged. During which s d period the declarant was present at the erection of works on Dorchester heights, & at the retreat of the British army from Boston - During this tour of duty the declarant again served as a Sergeant . After the expiration of s d last afores d period of service tour in the Spring of the year 1776, this de- clarant received a Commission as 2 d Lieutenant in a Reg t of Connecticut Troops, raised as this decla- rant thinks, for the period of Six Months , & com- manded by Col Henry Swift , whose Lieuten- ant Colonel was Josiah Stur . The Capt. of s d Company was John Shatler of New Haven in s d State, the first Lieutenant was Ephraim Trumbull of Wallingford & the Ensign was Ambrose Belovin of Northford, now North Branford in s d State of Connecticut. The Company to which the declarant belonged assembled at New Haven in s d State of Connecticut & there marched to Burying-

ton in the State of Vermont from Thurn to Skeneborough, from whence after a short stay 3 d Reg t was marched to Mount Independence opposite to Tienderoga where the Regiment re- mained with 3 d Reg t until the same was dis- charged, or disbanded, at the expiration of the period for which it was engaged. The Reg t  Detachment during this Campaign was under the command of Genl. Gates who commanded the Northern Army at Saratoga near Lake Champlain - Afterwards, as the de- ponent believes in the month of Aug t 1777, he went as Lieutenant of a Militia Company on a tour of duty to the Hudson River in its vicinity for about two Months, but the exact time he cannot remember. His Captain was Simon Parsons of Rensselaer Co. while upon the tour of duty he was under the im- mediate command of Genl. Parsons of Genl. line of the Continental Army - He further says that although he acted as Lieutenant of the Company, he had no commission as Lieutenant in the regular Militia establishment, but was shortly before the commencement of the aforesaid tour of duty selected Lieut. of a Comp y of Householders, so called, a species of Militia formed out of men not belonging to the regular Mili- tia in the State of New York during some part of the Revolutionary war. The declarant further

Says that he had no written discharge from either of the aforesaid terms of duty, such discharge is not then being in use in services such as the he was engaged in. That he had war- rants as a sergeant while serving in that capacity, but has not preserved them. The commission which he had as Lieutenant in the Regt. of State Troops commanded by Col Swift was lost from a trunk or chest in which a part of his baggage was put, & then conveyed over Lake Champlain after the disbanding of said Regt. near St. Johns as aforesaid. This copy was signed by Jonathan D. Dyer before S. J. Lord. The declaration for this
Says that he has no further evidence of his services now in his power than accompany this declaration That he is not only very old, but extremely decrepit having for many years past almost wholly lost the use of his lower limbs, & in consequence of that & other infirmities been long time almost in a great measure con- fined to his bed. That he was born at Durham in the present County of Middlesex, (though at that time in the County of New Haven) in the State of Connecticut on the 1 st day of Aug. 2 d 1752, but now has not any record of his age in his possession, nor does he know that any at present exists. That he resided in Durham aforesaid during the period of

his services aforesaid until about fifty two years ago, when he removed to West Stockbridge in the State of Massachusetts where he resided about twenty four years, when he removed to the town of Housatonic in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aforesaid where he now resides. I have resided for twenty eight years last past - The Deplacant would refer to the Rev. Nath Talcott, George Starr Esq. Capt. Abner Everitt, Mr. Homer Suckett, Mr. Ebenezer James & Sherman Huntwell Esq. all of P. Werners, who may be enquired of con- cerning his character for veracity & integrity in regard to his reported services in the army of the Revolution - Amos Fowler
Sworn & subscribed to on the day & year first above written Before me
David L. Bacon Chief Judge of County Court for the County of Litchfield

We Hart Salcott a clergyman residing in the town of Warren aforesaid, & George Starr residing in same town last aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Amos Porter Esq. who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty years of age, that he is respected & believed to be in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion
Hart Salcott — George Starr —
And I the said David S. Boardman Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Litchfield do hereby declare it to be my opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the court department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, & served as he states - and that he from bodily infirmity, such as is described in the foregoing declaration, is incapable of attending any court in said County authorized to take said declaration -
And I the said Judge do further certify that it appears to me that the Rev. Hart Salcott who has subscribed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Warren & that George Starr who has also signed said certificate is a resident in the town of Warren aforesaid & is a person of credible fame, & that their state is entitled to credit. David S. Boardman

I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that David S. Boardman Esq. now is & was at the date of the preceding Declaration and Oath of Amos Fowler Chief Judge of the County Court within & for said County of Litchfield, and that the preceding Signatures which purport to be his are genuine to his proper hand writing. —
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County this 19 th day of October A. D. 1832. —
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.
Ex. - 1832 Amos Fowler Chief Judge Litchfield

Chas. R. Hale
Feb 2, 1932
Amos Fowler S.15839 EEL
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.15839, based upon the military service of Amos Fowler in that war.
Amos Fowler was born August 1, 1752, in Durham, New Haven County, Connecticut.
While residing at Durham, Connecticut, he volunteered immediately upon receipt of the news of the battle of Lexington, marched to Roxbury and served two weeks in Captain Isaac Cook's Connecticut Company, at the expiration of which time he enlisted and served seven months as sergeant in said Captain Cook's Company, Colonel Wooster's Connecticut Regiment and was at the siege and surrender of Fort St. John's; he again enlisted in February, 1776, and served two months as sergeant in Captain Couch's Connecticut Company; in the same year, he was appointed second lieutenant and served as such for six months in Captain John Thatcher's Company, Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiment; from August, 1777, he served two months as second lieutenant in Captain Simeon Parsons' Connecticut Company.
After his services in the Revolution, he moved to West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where he resided for twenty-four years; then moved to Warren, Connecticut.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 4, 1832, while residing in Warren, Connecticut, where he had then lived for twenty-eight years.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
His brother, Abiather Fowler, was residing in Alford, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, in 1832. There are no further family data.
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Emos Fowler 18576

I Abiather Fowler of Alford in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do depose and say that I am well acquainted with Amos Fowler who is my brother and now lives in Warren in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut and the said Amos Fowler and myself both lived in Durham in Connecticut in the year 1778 and in April of that year the said Amos Fowler went in to the Militia Service as a and enlisted as a sergeant volunteer and was ordered to march to Boston under Capt Cook from thence to New York and from thence to the eastern part of Long Island and from thence to New York again from thence up the north river to Lake George and Ticonderoga and from thence to Lake Champlain and at St Johns and then came back to Lake Champlain and was discharged the last of November of the same year Your deponent further says that the said Amos Fowler afterwards enlisted and had a Lieutenants Commission and went to the northward and thinks it was the summer following but cannot recollect how long he was gone Your deponent further says that he recollects that the said Amos Fowler went another time as Lieutenant in an alarm and believes that he went more than once Furthermore your deponent says not Dated at Alford this 11th day of August of August - 1832 ————— Abiather Fowler
Berkshire ss August 11 th 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Abiather Fowler and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed before me Martin Hendry Justice of Peace

I Martin Hendrip do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the within named Abiather Bowles that I have no hesitation in saying that he is a man of undoubted truth and veracity Martin Hendrip August 11 th 1832
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss:
Charles Sedgwick clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court being a Court of Record for the County of Berkshire do certify that Martin Hendrip Esq r before whom the affidavits of Abiather Fowler & Enoch Hinniman were taken is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Berkshire that the signatures hereon purporting to be his & affixed to his certificate, are genuine — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twelfth day of October A D 1832
Ch s Sedgwick clerk
25 C Seal omitted by mistake there is the date of the certificate affixed July 8. 1833 Ch s Sedgwick clerk

I Enoch Hinman of West Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do depose and say that I am well acquainted with Amos Fowler of Warren in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut that he formerly lived in Durham in the State of Connecticut that he was a Lieutenant in the Connecticut State Troops in the year 1776 under Capt John Thacher the Regiment Commander by and Colonel Swift and General Waterbury. I recall that your deponent enlisted into the same Company under said Fowler and was waiting for said Fowler part of the time that the said Fowler and your deponent went to New Haven and there marched to the Southward through the County of Berkshire in this Commonwealth and through Bennington in Vermont to Skeneborough and from there down the lake to Mount Independence opposite Ticonderoga and your deponent states that he was out about six months and was discharged before said Fowler and your deponent further states says that he has always understood that said Fowler was in the  was in the different times but was never out with him except the time above stated but has no reason to doubt it as it was so understood by all the neighborhood at the time. Further more your deponent says not West Stockbridge August 11 th 1832. Enoch Hinman
Berkshire ss August 11 th 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Enoch Hinman and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed before me Martin Hendrick Justice of the Peace
I Martin Hendrick do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Enoch Hinman that he is a man of undoubted truth and veracity. August 11 th 1832. Martin Hendrick

November 26, 1924.
Frank F. Starr, Middletown, CONN.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.15839, it appears that Amos Fowler was born at Durham, New Haven County (later Middlesex County) Connecticut, August 1, 1752.
While a resident of said Durham, he served in the Connecticut Troops as follows:
From April 1775 as Sergeant for about 2 weeks under Captain Isaac Cook after which he enlisted in May 1775 as a Sergeant in said Captain Cook's Company, Colonel Wooster's Regiment, served 7 months and was at the siege of St. John's.
From February 1776 for 2 months as Sergeant in Captain Couch's Company.
From 1776 for 6 months as Second Lieutenant in Captain John Thatcher's Company, Colonel Heman Swift's Regiment.
From August 1777 for about 2 months in Captain Simeon Parsons' Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed Oct-

ober 4, 1832 (certificate of pension issued November 16, 1833) while a resident of Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
It is not stated that he was ever married.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

X November 27 th
Clerk of Bureau of Pensions.
Will you kindly send me a copy of pension received from the Government by Amos Fowler, for services rendered during the Revolutionary War . I want to establish proof of his having served in the Rev - War .

You will greatly oblige
Yours truly
Lucy Alis Bruggerhof
Please direct
Mrs E. E. Bruggerhof
52 Broad St.
N. Y. City

15839 INVALID.
File No. 15839
Amos Hinkle
Serjt. Bur. War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 131
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dec. 9 18 95 Mil. histy to Mrs E. Bruggerhof New York City
1924, Nov. 26 - Hist. to Frank J. Starr. His let. in claim, w. 17914, Anson Fowler. u.m. 1932 Feb 2 - Hist to Chas R. Hale - Letter in case Augustine Curtis N. 199 88 - EEL

No 10,670
Amos Fowler
George Starr Warren Ct
Geo. Starr
Litchfield Warren Ct

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Amos Fowler which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no  10 VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? no  etc. VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes  no — The Certificate of Charles Sedgwick, here, not his official seal attached
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No see quere 16
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
The regulations require the best evidence to be produced. There being rolls of Genl Waterbury's reg in the office of Comptroller of Public accounts, his certificate of the service of claimant should be produced
His commission being lost, it must be shewn by the records in the Secretary's office that one was issued to claimant as he states.

Quincy #45
No commission having been shown in the militia, that rank has not been allow- ed. Claimant says he did not accept commission in regular army.
George Thomas Warren Col

Warren Co Nov 9 -
Free
A Edwards Esq Commissioner of Antiques Washington City

Warrenton 9 th Nov 1833
J. Edwards Esq.
Sir We again send the Declaration of Amos Fowler, & the accompanying papers, in Order to Obtain a Pension under the Act of Congress, of June 1832. — It is, we think impossible to collect more Evidence, of the time, & different grades of his service, than accompanies the Declaration. His service as a Soldier for two months , in the Neighborhood of Boston, we have the testimony of his Brothers. For the 7 months Campaign as a Sergeant under Capt Cook, & also two months under Capt Cook we refer you to the Certificate of the Comptroller, accompanying this Declaration. It is impossible, as you will perceive from the Certificate of the Secretary of State, & also his letter directed to me, to show that he received a commission in the Spring of 1776. But that he served as 2 nd Lieutenant six months , you have the Disposition of Enoch Heman, & that he re-entered in Oct 1776, we refer you to the Certificate of the Secretary of State. His service for two months in 1777 in the vicinity of the Hudson River — we have no positive testimony. But the testimony accompany- ing the Declaration of the character of the Declarant, we hope is sufficient to entitle him to pay for this last tour of Duty.
The Declarant still remains unable to attend to any business whatever, not being able to walk & is living upon the income of a small farm.
Respectfully yours
George Hovey

Hartford, Oct. 30th, 1883.
Dear Sir,
Your communication of the 26th inst., enclosing three Dollars for fees, was duly rec d ; and since the receipt thereof, I have made a further and more rigorous examination of the records in my office, but can find nothing regarding the appointment of Amos Fowler, except what has already been forwarded. It appears that Heman Swift, in October 1776, was appointed a Colonel of one of the 8  eight Battalions ordered to be raised in this State to serve in the Continental Army during the War; and Amos Fowler was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in one of the companies of whose appointment I have already given a certificate. It appears also, that from papers in the Comptroller's Office, that Amos Fowler had previously received pay as a Sergeant, of which, the Comptroller informs me, he has furnished you with the proper evidence. There is little prospect of finding any thing more on the subject of enquiry in his office or mine. It may be material to state, however, that in May 1776, a Resolves was passed, by the General Assembly, authorizing the Governor to ap-

point officers to fill up any vacancy that should hap- pen in offices previously supplied by appointment of the General Assembly, and it is possible that Fowler may have been appointed by the Governor, under this authority; in which case, his appointment would not appear upon my records.
I will endeavor to bear the name of James Fowler in mind; and if in searching the records for other purposes, I should happen to come a- cross it, I will communicate to you all that appears to be material.
Yours with esteem,
George Starr Esq.
Thomas Day

The seal of the State of Connecticut is a circular emblem with a serrated border. It features a central shield with a landscape scene, topped by a crest with an arm holding a sword. The words "SIGILLUM REIPUBLICAE CONNECTICUTENSIS" are inscribed around the perimeter. I, Thomas Day, Secretary of the State of Connecticut and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify.
That Amos Fowles was ap- pointed, by the General Assembly of said State, at the session there- of in October 1776, a second Lieu- tenant in the eight Battalions at that time ordered to be raised for the defence of this State; as ap- pears of record.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of said State, the eleventh day of October A. D. 1833.
Thomas Day

State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield ss On this 5 th day of Nov. 1833 before me the Subscriber Chief Judge of the County Court for said County, personally appeared Amos Fowler Esq. a resident of Warren in said County & State, the Decla- rant named in an original Declaration bear- ing date the fourth day of October 1832 to which this is appended as a supplementary & explanatory statement being duly sworn according to Law saying that on examination of said Orig l Declara- tion he finds the following errors therein, occurring either through his mistake in communicating his state- ment to the person who drew up the same, or through his in committing it to writing, which he now takes leave to correct although not noted upon the Brief sent with s d Declaration when returned to him to wit - In giving an account of his services in the campaign of 1775, he has stated that the Reg t . was commanded by Col. Watkuburn; this is a mis- take; Col. Watkuburn was in the same service, but the Reg t to which the declarant belonged was com- manded by Col. (afterwards General) Wooster - And in his statement of his services in the year 1776, or rather in accounting for the loss of the foray commission under which he then acted he has said that it was lost with a part of his baggage in crossing Lake Champlain after the disbanding of the Reg t . "near St. Johns as aforesaid"; this should have been at about Mount Independence, where said

Re d was in fact discharged. It was at the close of his services the preceding year that he was discharged near St Johns, just at the end of the campaign of 1776— The declaration further states in addition to what is stated in s d orig l declaration, that during the campaign of 1776, before his return from Lake Cham- plain a commission as Lieutenant in a Battal- ion ordered to be raised to serve in the standing army then raising forming, was granted to him, under which however he did not serve, having declined the appointment, only served in the succeeding campaign as a Lieutenant of Militia as stated in the original declaration, & for the period, as nearly as he can recollect, therein set forth. And the declarant further saith that by reason of his long infirmities, & great age (more than eighty one years), & consequent loss of memory, he can- not swear positively to the precise length of time in which he served in the various periods of service enumerated & set forth in his said original declara- tion by him submitted & sworn to as above stated, nor more so, than he has therein stated. Nor can he perceive any other error therein, than he has in this explanatory affidavit pointed out. And he does further on such his oath declare, that on reconsideration, with such aid as his impaired memory can afford him, he verily be-

believes that he served for as much time in each period in said brig. declaration specified, as is therein mentioned; & he knows that he served in the grades mentioned as applicable to each tour of duty - And hereby declares that he does by these presents relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state -
Amos Fowler
Sworn & subscribed to on this day & year first above written before me
David L. Boadine Chief Judge of the county court for the county of Litchfield
I hereby certify that the above named Amos Fowler is from long & great infirmity, such as in his brig. Declaration is set forth, incapable of attending the any court of record in the county in which he resides -
David L. Boadine Chief Judge of the county for the county of Litchfield

I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court within the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that David S. Boardman Esq. is Chief Judge of said Court, duly commissioned & qualified, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, & that the Signature to the preceding Certificate which purports to be his is genuine, & his in other hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County, This 15th day of November A. 1833. Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.